White Oleander is a painfully beautiful first novel about a young girl growing up the hard way. It is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, their selfish love and cruel behaviour, and the search for love and identity. Astrid has been raised by her mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet. Astrid forgives her everything as her world revolves around this beautiful creature until Ingrid murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life. Astrid's fierce determination to survive and be loved makes her an unforgettable figure.


'LIQUID POETRY' - Oprah Winfrey


'Tangled, Complex and extraordinarily moving' - Observer

• Play it as it Lays
• Invisible Monsters
• She's Come Undone
• Paint It Black
• Prodigal Summer